Welcome to Communication Welcome to Communication Studies 100Studies 100

**Please leave back two rows and tables open until immediately before class begins…thanks

What we’ll do on day one…What we’ll do on day one…Briefly discuss the class itself

Explore what it is we study

Meet several of your instructors

Hear and analyze a few stories

The class…The class… Focuses on communication in different settings

Meet here once a week…

Meet in recitation section once or twice weekly (Performing Arts 105)

Syllabus and course assignments discussed in your recitation sections this week

Uses MSU’s Administrative Drop Policy

A few favors…A few favors…Please do your best to arrive on time…Please turn off cell phones…Please don’t text or surf the web during class… Please don’t pack up before class endsNo video or audio recording without permissionPlease think of lecture as 50 minutes to reflect on

communication…

Big goals of CMST 100Big goals of CMST 100Seeing

Reflecting

Acting

What we study…What we study…“Communication is the management of messages for

the purpose of creating meaning” (Larry Frey)

“Communication is a process of sharing experience until it becomes a common possession” (John Dewey)

“Communication works to create, maintain, repair, and transform social reality” (James Carey)

“Communication is a systematic process in which people interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meaning” (Julia Wood, your text)

Spring Introductions (11 AM)Spring Introductions (11 AM)Godfried AsanteJustin HelmleyElizabeth KernEmma MoreauMatthew WindettYusaku Yajamia

Unifying Themes in the Study of Unifying Themes in the Study of CommunicationCommunicationSymbolic Activities (i.e., messages)

Meaning

Critical Thinking

Ethics

Three stories…Three stories…

Story one…Story one…

Story two…Story two…

Story three…Story three…

Unifying Themes in the Study of Unifying Themes in the Study of CommunicationCommunicationSymbolic Activities (i.e., messages)

Meaning

Critical Thinking

Ethics

The three stories: Tom McCarthy, Dorothy Day, Millikin Univeristy

Your story…Your story…

Your story…Your story…

Your story…Your story…

Your story…Your story…

Exploring Further…Exploring Further…

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Spring Introductions (10 AM)…Spring Introductions (10 AM)…

Godfried AsanteElizabeth KearnRick King QualeChristopher OutzenMahamadou TahirouMatthew Windett

Spring Introductions (11 AM)Spring Introductions (11 AM)Godfried AsanteJustin HelmleyElizabeth KernEmma MoreauMatthew WindettYusaku Yajamia

Spring Introductions—9AMSpring Introductions—9AM Justin Helmley

Christopher Outzen

Rick King Quale

Elizabeth Stoltz

Karyn Stoutenburg

Bethany Wenell

Spring Introductions—10 AMSpring Introductions—10 AM

Spring Introductions—11 AMSpring Introductions—11 AM